BBC News - UK — The Pet Shop Boys turn down a request by animal rights group Peta to rename themselves the Rescue Shelter Boys. more info

ContactMusic — The PET SHOP BOYS have refused to change their name to the Rescue Shelter Boys to aid an animal rights group campaign aimed at discouraging people buying cats and dogs from... more info

Quick Before It Melts — It only take a few bars before you recognize the spare, meticulous sound of Hamilton, Ontario’s Junior Boys.  Taking the approach that sometimes, less truly is more, Jeremy Greenspan and Matthew Didemus have been building a reputation as two of ... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — These days, Pet Shop Boys appear to have a new motto: Just say yes. So far, it's paying off handsomely for the British synth-pop icons. more info

CNN Showbiz — Twenty-five years after the hit single "West End Girls," can the Pet Shop Boys pull off songs that make you want to dance like it's 1984, but still reflect a social consciousness of 2009? The answer is the title of their latest album: "Yes." more info

Allmusic Blog — Sweden’s West End Girls have a pretty unassailable gimmick. The duo of Isabelle Erkendal And Emmeli Erkendal cover the songs of the Pet Shop Boys, giving them a glitchy, glitzy ’00s pop overhaul. It sounds like some kind of novelty nightmare, but... more info

Musos Guide — Synthesised strings napalm the palette with rainbow aplomb. Conceptually they have created something rather regal. more info

Idolator — I assumed that I would enjoy any group that takes its name from a Pet Shop Boys song, but I had no idea that there was a Swedish female pop duo out there performing nothing but Pet Shop Boys covers. Thank you, West End Girls, for making my head expl... more info

The Quietus — Radiohead, Pet Shop Boys, Oasis all affected more info

The Quietus — They speak to The Quietus about past collaboration and possible future plans more info